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Reactions to my Disney movie rankings surprised and delighted me. I was glad to see so much love for Pocahontas in your responses. I thought that might be an outlier, especially since it’s so historically inaccurate. But if you look at the film as a work of pure fiction and not historical fiction, it truly is one of the most beautiful animated films Disney has made—I think. I do hope, if nothing else, that my list has compelled one or two of you to give Brother Bear a chance.

I had so much fun ranking the Disney animated features, I simply couldn’t stop there. So here it is; behold the Pixar list. I wonder if perhaps we’ll find our lists match up more closely here. There seems to be a bit more consensus on the quality of Pixar’s canon, but who knows, I think some things may surprise you.

PS, word of warning, just thinking about Toy Story 3 has caused me to start crying at my desk, so if you’re not comfortable crying at work, maybe stop now and read later. You know how Pixar gets you.

In today’s edition of not finishing my novel, I’ve decided to rank every Disney movie ever made in order of my favorites. Disney fans, I’m sure you’ve pondered your favorite Disney movies—probably even assembled a top ten—but have you ever ranked allof them? It’s hard. Been wanting to do this for weeks, so here goes.

What does it mean to be a favorite? There are movies that intellectually I can understand are better than others, but I might like the “lesser” film more. Why? Not sure. Only explanation is that art is a two-way street, and half of it is what I bring to my experience of the thing. So while I acknowledge that Beauty and the Beast is a good film, it really had very little emotional impact on me, landing it way down on the list. This is why things like lists and awards are fun, and also really stupid. It takes a special snowflake to rank Brother Bear above Frozen. I am that special snowflake, and the cold never bothered me anyway.

I’m not including Pixar, Amblin, Disney Toons, or Studio Ghibli. Perhaps I’ll make separate lists of those. For now this is strictly Walt Disney Animation Studios.

So here it is—every Disney animated feature in order of my personal favorite, for any weirdos out there who are curious. My top ten might surprise you.

The Little Mermaid

Sleeping Beauty

Lilo & Stitch

Alice in Wonderland

Tangled

Lady and the Tramp

Pocahontas

Pinocchio

The Lion King

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Peter Pan

Aladdin

The Sword in the Stone

Bambi

Brother Bear

Frozen

Mulan

Cinderella

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Zootopia

Moana

Dumbo

Robin Hood

Fantasia

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Beauty and the Beast

Big Hero 6

Oliver & Company

The Jungle Book

The Rescuers Down Under

Fantasia 2000

The Princess and the Frog

The Aristocats

Wreck-It Ralph

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Hercules

The Rescuers

Bolt

The Fox and the Hound

The Great Mouse Detective

Tarzan

The Emperor’s New Groove

I have only seen the following in snippets, so did not include in the ranking:

Saludos Amigos

The Three Caballeros

Make Mine Music

Fun and Fancy Free

Melody Time

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (I’ve seen The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which would rank highly, but I’ve never seen Wind in the Willows and definitely haven’t seen them together in this packaged film)

The Black Cauldron

Dinosaur

Treasure Planet

Home on the Range (this is when things got real tough for the Studios)

Chicken Little

Meet the Robinsons

Winnie the Pooh (I know! I don’t know what’s wrong with me)

So? Are you surprised by my list? Anything you would bump out of the top ten? Would love to hear all the ways in which you think I’m crazy.